RE: Remote windows "finger"

["David Gillett" <gillettdavid () fhda edu>]

  Do you have WINS (I think Samba can do that)?

  When a Windows box logs onto the network, it registers with
NetBIOS/WINS both the machine name and the user name, so that
the Windows Messenger service can be used to send messages to
specific machines or all machines logged in as a specific
user.  A WINS server will collect these into a database that
you can browse, including by IP address.

David Gillett

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wollenslegel, Troy (T.A.) [mailto:twollens () visteon com]
> Sent: May 19, 2003 11:09
> To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: Remote windows "finger"
>
>
> Is there any way to determine who is logged into a win9x box 
> (Win98, 2000,
> XP) from a remote system preferably Linux.
>
> I have a list of IP addresses and I need to, if possible, 
> find out who is
> logged into those systems so I can send them email from a 
> redhat system.
> This is all behind the corporate firewall
>
> Thanks
>
> Troy
>
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